Chateau des Fleurs - Tea with Adam Gottesman

[@雅惠-k6y]

For countries that don’t have afternoon tea tradition, your afternoon tea ceremony introduction is very practical, thank you.

[@pmatthews4391]

I like him! He is clear and personable. Very informative and not stuffy. Just brilliant!

[@karendalsadik7119]

He’s cute.

[@chateaueagle3540]

Thank you! He really is as pleasant in person as he is in this video. Warmly, The Chateau Team

[@GensSancta]

Agreed. Excellently done.

[@shellyrae9281]

He's perfectly charming and gracious. Thank you for the tutorial!

[@belovedchaos1]

When in Rome... if you plan on eating at an establishment like this, then proper etiquette is required. Seems perfectly logical to me. Thank you for presenting us with this beautiful art.

[@janus7224]

It is very relieving to see there are still gentlemans around.

[@lilpillar-hj1dw]

These kind of videos are so relaxing to watch on a quiet Sunday afternoon, just like listening to the announcers soothing voices when a golf game is on, love these videos!! ☺😴😃👍

[@Ams9171]

Fantastic way of explaining things. This gentleman is the least condescending in all the etiquette videos I've seen! Many thanks for this.

[@joesmith-gc7wq]

BEST VIDEO Ever. I wish I could have tea with him.... Im a Daughter of the America Revolution and we are having afternoon tea and being a California Girl I need to brush up and this video was perfect. Thank you

[@LisaAnn365]

Thank you, thank you!! for explaining the difference between Afternoon Tea and High Tea!!

[@zaidacrechel4459]

I heard once that high tea (history of tea) was more for the service in mansions because the tables were high, and thats why they call it like that. Well who knows

[@carrieannmcleod5219]

Love the concept and ritual of afternoon tea (and the food it pretty good too).

[@arjobeer914]

You have the right tie for your tea !!

[@genildatsahirides5340]

Thank you every day we can learn samting important and you is wonderfull and kindle Iwill see you when I’m visiting London

[@sejutichakma6065]

the background song is just superb!

[@ohkay2199]

paromee pram whats the song?

[@bunniesandroses499]

well done Sir, I adore tea, I did not know high tea was a meal, very interesting, God Bless

[@dusterdude238]

why thank you kind sir, I now feel equipped to have afternoon tea with Hyacinth Bouquet in her Royal Dalton with the hand painted periwinkles :)

[@julielynn86]

Haha awesome! This American girl appreciates the noble guidance. ❤

[@davidandersen1053]

Thanks 4 this as I have my first official afternoon tea engagement this weekend 🥪🍵🍰 You presented this brilliantly 🤩👌

[@Messiah114]

Eating like this makes me feel like i don't just have 5$ in my bank account.

[@jtoland2333]

As one of those rarest of creatures, the North American Tea Drinker, I 've enjoyed and apreciated this video. I am saving money to take my granddaughter to London for her 13th birthday, and having tea is on the itinerary. We certainly don't want to stand out!

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

Go to the ritz. Lots of people would prob suggest claridges but i prefer the ritz

[@ShantelBezeditz]

Thank you I wish my beloved dadd had a life & teach him how he could drink his tee, too late but I have so many in my family youths, young girls boys must to learn , excellent ❤🎉

[@sophie-963]

Delightfully presented, thank you, Adam. Just for all those who've commented on the word 'scone', from the Oxford Dictionary:There are two possible pronunciations of the word scone: the first rhymes with gone and the second rhymes with tone. In US English the pronunciation rhyming with tone is more common. In British English the two pronunciations traditionally have different regional and class associations, with the first pronunciation associated with the north of England and the northern working class, while the second is associated with the south and the middle class.

[@lyayarly7319]

Thank you for sharing🤗

[@chateaueagle3540]

You are so welcome, we are so glad you enjoyed our information about our Wednesday Afternoon Tea! Warmly, The Chateau Team

[@stellaercolani3810]

How interesting, I will watch and learn.

[@Natasha-oz6ik]

Proper etiquette never goes out of style...

[@karendalsadik7119]

It seems to in the U.S.

[@noleimportaful]

You look like a prince! all put together I enjoy your tips😊

[@tracyyanwu5307]

good information. Thanks for the educational information.

[@jimmyng7525]

I really enjoyed watching this video!

[@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534]

you go north and south.... Is there anything more british than this ??? I purely love it !!!

[@drogomuircastle7175]

I've been eating scones for the best part of 60 years now and every one was cut. I have NEVER seen anyone break a scone and I've eaten them in most of the best places in the country. I do have to add that a good provincial (outside the Home Counties) country house hotel invariably serves an afternoon tea at least the equal to, but half the price, of all the big London hotels.

[@suecollins3246]

Drogo, one of the reasons you don't cut a freshly baked scone is that the knife drags across the centre of the scone, flattening the texture and making the scone less 'fluffy'. A well-made scone should break perfectly through the middle showing a lovely fluffy 'crumb' as the texture of something baked is called. Try it next time.

[@dianneholst3209]

Agree. And for me…milk first

[@ZenobiaBeckley]

Love the video 💗🇺🇸

[@chrisw6704]

With china cups the reason for putting milk in first was to stop tea which is just below boiling point cracking the cup

[@Love2TravelAway]

thank you for educating these people

[@rightmarker1]

Adam Bede - wrong. Bone China is not susceptible to damage from hot fluids and in any event the tea from the teapot would be way off boiling point since it’s been steeping for at least five minutes. Cheaper materials may be at risk from hot fluid damage.

[@tobyix1569]

I'm sorry, Adam Bede , but I have to (partially) disagree. Tea sets are almost always made out of hard-paste china, because it has the advantage over soft-paste that it is less likely to crack when exposed to hot liquids. The exceptions are mostly toy tea sets or purely decorative items. Indeed it would be a folly to spend on expensive chinaware which would be wrecked in no time by the very use it's intended for. Of course, your remark stands when it comes to glass and other, cheaper materials..

[@thevirtgirl]

You are just lovely.

[@raymondbermudez5660]

Beverly Blair Who let this guy in my house? It’s the third time this week

[@camuchanomellini903]

handsome and sophisticated ...Im coming 💖

[@Slarti]

One boss I worked for would stir his tea loudly scraping the cup some 20 times, then he would hit the top of the cup three times with the spoon and shake the spoon dry just below and behind his lap. I noticed one day on the way into the office that the wall behind the boss had bicycle mud all over it from the rear wheel of a bicycle. Then it dawned on me, it was not mud from a bicycle but the years of his daily shaking of the tea spoon which had turned the wall behind him brown. He was really rather uncouth. By the way scone pronounce "scon" not "scown". ...and the manner in which you held the cup at the end! My goodness! ;)

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

I used to have an Indian boss, he requested that when I make his tea that I stirred it 20 times exactly. I literally told him, "im not doing that", he just laughed at me. He liked that I was mischievous though lol.

[@thierryjude1]

Is it acceptable to include a coffee as an option?.. instead just a tea

[@SoneBlink]

Wonderful video.

[@theclastylemunroe]

now came across channel, great info.

[@faranasdhauri4937]

What’s the background song called? It’s so wonderful!

[@empi4106]

Love it!

[@numberoneduchess]

Excellent.

[@cindywilliams7083]

What a dream boat.

[@sashineb.2114]

Very interesting, thank you, but I hope that nobody will "grab" anything when I have my best Aynsley china on the table.

[@barbarakelly1916]

yes, "grabbing" anything at the table is inelegant. "Take" would be a better description.

[@sashineb.2114]

Yes, you're right. After all, this isn't a boarding house we're seeing in the video.

[@gilesbentham693]

Wow does it all really matter when out with friends and family???

[@madhurag1922]

yes, seriously...

[@gilesbentham693]

You being subservient to your colonial master?

[@stellaercolani3810]

Man I could eat it all, no problem. But I wouldn't. Great advice.

[@cellinimedusa4679]

I always thought that milk was added to the cup first, so as to cool the tea slightly and stop the hot water from cracking the delicate china?

[@regplate4139]

Does one “grab” anything, at afternoon tea?

[@williamaugsburger6165]

way to go, Adam!

[@esmaelbeniadama2129]

you pour the milk in first to prevent the porcelain from cracking from the heat at least that's how it was done back in the day but what do I know I'm not British

[@jaimaa1512]

luvlely pretty. Savoy was wonderfuuul

[@irina8537]

Thanks ❤

[@ssboooy4153]

I do enjoy a British Jon Favreau instructing on Tea etiquette.

[@SK-ck9qu]

Do hotels offer afternoon tea as in room dining option.

[@annwrite1866]

Good table manners make good manners with the people

[@aquariousenigma70]

Lovely🌷💕🌷

[@ciromoraes3928]

Eu acho q vc deveria explicar como faz e fazê-lo em seguida

[@mtbgreatmusicmtbsmothyloun7424]

Wonderful

[@maggiechang9956]

The reason why tea or coffee comes first, then the milk, is because the milk will well dissolved. If the milk comes first, there's a chance the milk won't dissolve properly

[@pastorflaps6819]

The reason is the quality of the bone China cups if the cup is of cheap quality the heat of the hotwater would break the cup the better quality China cups can withstand the heat so water firstly then milk if good cups milk first then water if not top quality it's a understanding of class upper class good China water firstly lower class milk first

[@deborahgraves1383]

The food was gorgeous. I have a question about the place you put the knife when discussing the jam and cream. I only saw that done once in 65 years. It was at the Florence, Alabama Country Club at a dinner. A doctor put the knife down that way, with his fork, tines down, on the other side, the 9 o'clock position. Everyone looked horrified, and couldn't cope. He looked rebellious, as if he dared anyone to say anything. Suggestions???

[@trex70]

When i get an invitation to a high tea or afternoon tea, Do i have to eat ? Or is it ok to just drink some tea.

[@empi4106]

In England who goes for the jam and cream first. The host or the guests?

[@mingsong]

Didn’t know idaho has this sort of fancy stuff

[@courtneyh2596]

Idaho is a really big state. ;o) This lovely place is in Eagle, Idaho . . . part of the Boise Metro area in the Valley. The Chateau where the Tea is hosted has been here for several years. Peruse the website of Camille Beckmam, about, etc. Very much a big part of what the Boise area, and Idaho is all about. Surprising!

[@SK-ck9qu]

So, afternoon tea is essentially tea and snacks. Is that right?

[@chamingteaberlin]

Great! 🍵

[@stevencoffman]

wow what an awesome video .just a normal guy explaining proper tea etiquette.an not like most men on you tube showing there feminine side

[@goodtutt4733]

steven coffman That guy ain't normal! It's not normal to make a big deal about stirring!

[@katecham627]

very useful

[@thornbird6768]

I’ll eat my cream cakes and drink my tea how I like , you are paying a pretty price for these afternoon fancies , I would wear a pretty afternoon tea dress though 😆

[@dalestreeter341]

A lot of this etiquette is making a distinction between upper class and working class behavior. Many of the things he suggests one not do are associated with the working class. For example, high tea is typically the main meal of the day for the lower classes at least years ago.

[@rightmarker1]

Nice etiquette video Adam. May I be so bold as to advise that Scone is pronounced as if it had nn and not as if the o was followed by a w such that it would rhyme with own. Kind regards.

[@KimmyQueen]

Nice video. If the china or the cup is delicate and/or old, it is appropriate to put the milk or cream first in order to safeguard it. I think that if one serves a tea that requires no milk or that is best with lemon, perhaps a delicate cup should not be used. Others mention that cheaper materials are the ones that crack. That is fine. It bears in mind that the milk can go first in occasion of the cup being very old/delicate and made of cheap material. Otherwise tea first and milk second.

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

Well, most people don't use a thermometer when they boil a kettle of water... if you are using antique meissen china...id def do the milk first than risk breaking a 200 year old tea cup. Who cares...

[@KimmyQueen]

@@caligulalonghbottom2629 That was my point and apparently you do...

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

@@KimmyQueen well, i just dont use meissen china that often not worth the risk, not just the hot tea but washing it and putting it back on a shelf risks breaking. i actually rarely take milk. im more of a lemon or just tea person myself.

[@suecollins3246]

Do you pick up the saucer as well? A lot of people don't know that once upon a time the tea was DRUNK FROM THE SAUCER. In fact when I was growing up in Cape Town South Africa our maid used to drink her morning tea, when she'd arrived at the house, from the saucer. She'd pour the tea from her cup into the saucer and drink it like that. I believe that is where the old English term 'a dish of tea' came from. Which is funny because she was a Cape Coloured and she was Afrikaans...

[@sharonmccoy4535]

What's a Cape colored?

[@suecollins3246]

@@sharonmccoy4535 We have Coloured people that have lived all their lives in and around the Cape Town area. Ethnically they are sort of like cockneys in London. One family will have lived in that area for generations. They have a very strong sense of AREA. During the Apartheid era in South Africa many of them lived in a place called District Six - like for GENERATIONS. And the Nationalist Government declared District Six a White Area and kicked them all out on the pretext that they wanted to develop District Six but they never did. Our maid lived in a place a few kays from us called Lansdowne. Again, in the same house for generations. Then again, the government declared the area white and she had to go and live someplace else and it took her AGES to get into work and cost her a fortune. Sorry for the long-winded explanation but if you're not South African it's difficult.

[@sharonmccoy4535]

@@suecollins3246 I guess I'm not familiar with these terms but certainly the history of apartheid in your county..thank you for explaining it

[@lauranglover521]

Has anyone had tea here and could comment? We're going in August to London and trying to decided where to have tea as we only have a day or two.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

adding milk after the tea is a big faux-pas. The milk is always added first. There is a historic basis for this. In the 18th century when tea became popular the porcelain cups they made were not of the hard and high quality as the porcelain cups made in the 19th century. Those cups often just shattered when hot tea was poured into them. Adding milk first prevented the expensive cups from a big thermal shock and breaking.

[@julieankhan.2801]

I would like to add you don't reach across the table like that, but there was no one there to ask to please pass the cream, or jam. Lol. He forgot to mention it is milk or lemon not both in the tea. Great job though. I would love to see how to have tea using a tea set with a samovar.

[@bonchance9241]

honestly it doesn't matter however its pronounced SCON short -clipped not SCOANS i make quite nice scones.

[@MrSwifts31]

Bake me some sconns Bon Chance,definitely NOT scoans.However,he sounds Australian,so what can you expect?! LOL

[@silverbullet2008bb]

Bon Chance Yes but if you're a Northerner it's scoan not scon. Saying "scon" is a Southern thing.

[@karendalsadik7119]

@@MrSwifts31 could you share the recipe?

[@italybeautyful]

Oh pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Just drink the damm tea and grab and eat those pastries... so much ceremony... come on!

[@AdamJSkater93]

I live in London and I was expecting it to be in Richmond or something..... now i find out it's in IDAHO god damn

[@ruans.p.5323]

Beautiful. I need to be ready when I have a butler, so he doesn't think that his "principal" is a péquenot.

[@trishfitzpatrick2066]

Deee LIGHT FULL!

[@sue1190]

That is all very nice however I like to eat my way because I am not a robot or something. Moreover I am not part of that particular class of people. But thanks for the tips.

[@COPYRIGHTJAN2025]

What a fine looking young man.

[@juanitacarrillo768]

I like

[@icegoddess1308]

What I’ve seen is that traditionally you poured the milk and sugar into the cup first because tea sets were originally made of very britle material and so putting the milk in first and the tea in second kept the cup from breaking or cracking due to the quick change in temperature (very similar to how you treat glassware today)

[@EB-wl9st]

Life is too short for this. I will not go for tea in a place, whether it be an establishment or someone's home, that I have to be so careful to follow etiquette that I can't even relax and enjoy myself. I'll take a cup of tea and a cookie with my husband in our living room over this anytime, thanks. I do understand that it's a tradition and almost an art. Beautiful in its way, but I guess I'm just a simple person.

[@roamingthereal4060]

I think you're missing the point entirely.

[@mango2779]

E H I think it’s mainly similar to a library for snacks... it’s just an act of being conservative. If your with your husband or a friend it could be an interesting experience at least once... it maybe really nice... treat it like a mini getaway... I wouldn’t worry all the technicalities.. but I would want honey in my tea. Not milk.

[@Fear_the_Nog]

E H you've missed the point if you think tea is "simple" or that what you saw in this video isn't relaxing or enjoyable. In fact, it is perfectly relaxing and enjoyable. Literally everything is prepared for you. All you have to do is to be polite and drink the bloody beverage without making a mess over the table. And FYI, English tea drinking, even this, is way more simple than what is considered proper tea drinking in the Far East, where tea was invented. Try attending a Japanese Chanoyu ceremony, which is essentially a religious rite.

[@Fear_the_Nog]

Mango 27 I have two drops of honey and milk. I think milk makes it taste very smooth. I also enjoy it without the milk. I switch back and forth depending on my mood.

[@mango2779]

snillocgrom Lol 😇... my pinky will be out

[@ผุสดีเทศลําลึก]

สิ่งแวดล้อม ในห้างตั้ง ฮั่ว เส็ง

[@mango2779]

I would be putting honey in my tea .

[@bernadettehynes-cafferkey3917]

Americans think afternoon tea is high tea, it's not, afternoon tea is what this is.

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

high tea is for workmen... their meal before they return to the factories etc... they confuse high with haute... its not the same. most people just say tea in any case.

[@upscalebohemian5372]

Interesting you say scone, not scahn. Others have said that's never right, and though I undersstand Queen Elizabeth pronounces it scahn, I believe either is correct.

[@bhismilinirampersad3360]

👍😊🇹🇹

[@yesmissfrancon]

Technically there is some pretension here, but I think he presents this in a relatively informal way. Especially Americans tend to be self-conscious of their dining etiquette in Europe. If this helps them feel more comfortable I wouldn't wave a Marxist flag.

[@biancalawrence3178]

Lovely room, nice food, good looking gent, the perfect start to etiquette. Then he starts to talk about grabbing a scone, grab the milk!, grabbing a pastry. Noooo this sounds so common. Please don't grab things!!!

[@johnvillouta1921]

como chucha llegue aca

[@rick081956]

Honestly, not bad to know these things. As a true Barbarian, I like to prove I can behave properly.

[@deden77720]

1:40 put your fingers like this… 5:18 later he hook the finger to the tea cup

[@annmariebudyn]

Lovely to see only you don't 'grab'.

[@SCBJQ]

Nice video, but I hope they do a better job with the food when they're serving it. The selection looks very underwhelming, especially the pastries. Adding something with a little height to the middle and top shelves would help it look less empty.

[@tomfrazee1954]

That was interesting!

[@helenboula3538]

Not my cup of tea and the way I do after noon snacks.i do know and understand the proper way the British have meals and it's correct but it's a job.i petfere to eat like the deep Southerners do.im seventy three I have been to many social events and can handle myself verry well.it can be fun and then it can also be a pain in the butt how does the saying goes you can the girl out of country but you can't take the country out of the girl.thsts me your talking to and I love me.and let me say I'm quite the cook.from ga.

[@marcopolo2375]

He's American?

[@cindyhalpern3187]

The tea looks great. But the etiquette is not as others direct. I think each tearoom has its own way of doing things.

[@dambuster6387]

When I was a young lad we put kettle on coal fire My Farther had a pint mug and the tea placed in a tea strainer and poured the hot water on to it. ee by gum lad kids today have never lived

[@Another534]

You do not break a bit of the scone off like that.